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22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Last Birch Standing

This birch stands alone in a series of rolling fields where the only other trees are also gnarled by decades and seasons. I look for it whenever I'm walking these trails.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 12.2023
Date Uploaded: 12.2024
Photo Location: Seal Harbor, Maine, United States of America
Camera: ILCE-7M4
Copyright: © Paul Karns